But sample sizes are usually smaller rather than larger sizes. When I was a kid, sample size was a 5. There was actually a store that sold only samples. Big kids and little ladies could get great shoes for next to nothing.

barbarienne

Sample sizes are intended for models. Who are tremendously tall and long-boned. While their body’s circumference may be small, their feet are big.

My best friend buys tons of clothes at sample sales, but her feet are average size (American 7), so she can’t get any of the shoes. This makes her sad.

ralish

Okay, this is slightly off topic. But I’ve always wondered who is actually buying all of these clothes (not the cute little cocktail dresses– I get that– but the long, sweeping Oscar dresses and all that. If you’re just giving them away to actresses… who buys?

It is my understanding that the clothes must be returned to the designer. It’s rare for a celebrity to be able to keep a dress unless they pay for it.

Leev Design

are you kidding me ? design houses don’t give anything free to anyone.stylists borrow the clothes and jewelry from designers and when the actress decides what to wear, they return the rest and BUY the one they have decided to wear. that’s for clothes and gowns. about the shoes i dont know maybe they just borrow them from the stylists and the stylists actually buy them and use them for many people.that explains the fit issue

That’s not correct. They don’t buy the clothes; they borrow them and then return them.

Leev Design

yeah that’s what I thought before . i was watching the Rachel Zoe project and that’s exactly what she said. she said we borrow everything and when we decide what to choose we return the rest and buy the one we already have picked

Sorry, you either misunderstood her or she was talking about a specific instance, but that’s not how it’s done for stars wearing designer clothing at public appearances.

formerlyAnon

This sizing question is one I pray to see addressed some day by folks who know more than I do about the Inner Life of Celebrity Stylists.

Sobaika

Especially in that style! How does she not slip right out of them.

M. H. Leader

I’m thinking every female star out there has hooves for feet from all the blisters and bunions that come with wearing shoes that Do Not Fit.

Qitkat

And do they get them 10 minutes before they walk out there? Don’t all these people own some basic well-fitting shoes of their own? Wouldn’t it preferable to wear something comfortable that fits and is maybe not perfect to a stylist’s choice that gives you toe cramps or blisters? No Way I would put up with this. Maybe TLo will explain in their book why celebrities often seem to have no minds of their own.

When they’re being given/loaned thousands of dollars worth of clothes and accessories, one doesn’t just grab a pair of shoes out of the back of the closet. And I’m sure the loaner shoes are put on in the limo right before she gets out of the car, and then they come off the second the photographers are gone.

Qitkat

It is a far, far different universe isn’t it?

Anne StJean

She looks gorgeous, as always, but there’s something about that top that makes her look like a football player. Maybe she just has big shoulder muscles. Also: the shoes. Don’t. Fit.

A bit of a Monet. At first I was so busy admiring the art deco feel and how on point it is for this particular opening, but once I really started taking it all in, I fell less in like. The fit, the hair, the shoes, the unfinished feel of the dress, it all adds up to a near miss, when it should have been a home run.

Lilyana_F

Gorgeous girl, gorgeous dress.

jw_ny

extremely similar to the gold and black G Gatsby poster/back drop…but she really looks great.

MilaXX

Pretty.

Ednest

It’s weird, Nina Dobrev’s head on Jessica Biel’s body.

Melizmatic

Uh… Jessica is more curvy and a tad bit larger in the breast department, methinks.

This dress is beautiful from the front (I am ignoring the hemline), but it looks like the back is plan. Like maybe they forgot that you can see a woman walking away from you…. but other than that, this is fierce! Love it.

My GOD. Her body just. Won’t. Stop. That second photo – unreal and you know this wasn’t photoshopped.

Though on further inspection, maybe it’s because she’s employing the “1985 Speigel Swim Catalog” pose. You know, the one where the model’s hips were angled away from the camera, and her shoulders were swiveled toward the camera. I seem to remember a lot of maillots and neoprene tank suits modeled this way.